| 单词 | government office |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgovernment office government office n. (a) a position or post within the government; (b) a building or set of rooms in which the business of a department of government administration is carried on. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > [noun] > an official post officialry1489 government office1750 officiality1843 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > types of building generally > [noun] > other types of building bridge house1319 searching housea1525 folly1591 engine house1626 hut1629 pot gallery1630 pantheon1713 government office1750 enclosure1754 substation1833 art centre1863 centre1884 arts centre1922 quadplex1946 quadruplex1946 bhavan1949 low-rise1965 quad1971 quadrominium1971 see-through1975 common house1989 1750 Gentleman's Mag. 467/2 A government-office like that of the excise. ?1797 J. Wright tr. F. A. Stanislaus Voy. St. Domingo xxii. 207 The new government offices, which they propose building. 1891 Pall Mall Gaz. 27 Aug. 6/2 Government offices were principally held by young men who were distinguished for their extraordinary insolence and incompetence. 1908 M. K. Waddington Chateau & Country Life in France v. 187 Convents and abbeys, now turned into schools, barracks, government offices of all kinds. 1993 Insight 11 Oct. 31/1 The allurement of government office should not be an opportunity to fleece taxpayers through overindulgent pension entitlements. < as lemmas |
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